A theatrical re-release of Joe and Anthony Russo’s 2019 superhero epic, Avengers: Endgame, was announced at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, with the film now including previously unreleased footage that will bridge the gap between the film and the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
As reported by Deadline, Joe Russo made an appearance during the Sands Film Festival in St Andrews following the announcement of the Endgame re-release, where he offered an insight into what fans can expect from the new scenes when the re-release launches on 25 September 2026.
“It’s critically important to re-release the movie, and, in fact, we’ll be re-releasing the film with footage that is set in the Doomsday story that we have added to Avengers: Endgame,” he explained. “It’s an opportunity to create a bridge from Endgame to Doomsday in a very unique way, and because the movie was so successful, we have an opportunity to re-release it. You don’t always get the chance to re-release because it costs money, so the fact that we can enhance the story of Doomsday by bridging it to Endgame and these characters that we worked with for years that we love so much, and continue their story: It’s a really unique opportunity.”
In addition, Joe also described the re-release as a “critical companion story” to Doomsday, helping to set up the events of the follow-up film ahead of its release on 17 December 2026. He also teased that the upcoming Avengers sequels will play out in a similar structure to the “comics from which they’re inspired”, with the goal of “serialised storytelling” and that “the ultimate reward is fostering community at a time where community is in short supply.”
Speaking during a separate interview with Fandango, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige also offered some tidbits about the two upcoming Avengers films in terms of how they are connected.
“People familiar with the comics stories see that they will relate. But I will say this, they relate in a very different way than Infinity War and Endgame,” he explained. “I think people are expecting a similar connection. And, while one does certainly lead into the other, it’s in a very different way. And I will say that Secret Wars is as ambitious a project as we’ve ever embarked on.”
Avengers: Endgame will see its theatrical re-release with new scenes on 25 September 2026, with its two sequels, Doomsday and Secret Wars, releasing in theatres on 17 December 2026 and 2027, respectively.
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